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ICC Champions Trophy 2013: Preview Series - Australia

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With tomorrow being the day until the ICC Champions Trophy kicks off, we preview Australia in the tournament, with predictions for the outcome, squads and more. This is part of The Sport Matrix's Champions Trophy preview series, where we look at each time and their chances in the upcoming tournament.

Star Player: Shane Watson

Captain: Michael Clarke

World Cup Place: Semi Finals

Final Prediction:Runners Up

Squad:

Michael Clarke

Shane Watson

George Bailey

Nathan Coulter-Nile

Xavier Doherty

James Faulkner

Phillip Hughes

Mitchell Marsh

Mitchell Johnson

Glenn Maxwell

Clint McKay

Mitchell Starc

Matthew Wade

Adam Voges

David Warner

The Aussies are the only team to have won this tournament twice and they will have all guns firing to try and achieve the hat-trick. They have widely been regarded as the best cricket team in recent years and with hard hitting batsmen like Shane Watson, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell in the side, things look bright for them in this tournament. They are joined in Group A by the likes of England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, all capable of causing damage to Australia's hopes of a third ICC Champions Trophy title in a row to achieve a extraordinary hat-trick of titles.

Are the Aussies about to achieve an amazing feat? Will their big hitters turn up? Find out all this and more with TSM during the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.